Even as It Bombards Kyiv, Russia’s Wider Military Campaign Has Largely Stalled
Moscow can still inflict serious damage, but its forces are suffering higher casualties than their Ukrainian counterparts, analysts say. Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield earlier this year. Credit... Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times By Marc Santora July 2, 2026 Updated 10:49 a.m. ET The New York Times The Russian strikes on Ukraine are a reminder of its ability to launch major attacks and cause severe damage, but Moscow’s wider military campaign has largely stalled in recent months, analysts say. Russia took control of roughly 32 square miles of territory in June, DeepState, a Ukrainian organization with ties to the country’s military that uses open-source intelligence to track battlefield movements, said in a statement. Where Russia has made gains in the eastern region of Donetsk, it is doing so at one of the slowest rates in any war over the last century, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-b...